Hexaplex saharicus

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| taxon = Hexaplex saharicus

| authority = (Locard, 1897)

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  • Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) saharicus (Locard, 1897)· accepted, alternate representation
  • Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) saharicus saharicus (Locard, 1897)· accepted, alternate representation
  • Hexaplex saharicus saharicus (Locard, 1897)· accepted, alternate representation
  • Murex saharicus Locard, 1897 (original combination)

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Hexaplex saharicus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.{{WRMS species|406174|Hexaplex saharicus (Locard, 1897)||24 April 2010}}

;Suvspecies:

  • Hexaplex saharicus ryalli Houart, 1993

Description

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Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Southern Morocco and Ivory Coast.

References

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  • Houart, R., 1993. Description of three new species and one new subspecies of Muricidae (Muricinae and Muricopsinae) from west Africa. Bollettino Malacologico 29(1–4): 17–30